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Happy Pi Day!

Today, March 14th, is Pi Day. I hope you have heard of Pi Day. If you have not, please feel embarrassed by your junior high education. Pi Day celebrates the number 3.14 because March is 3 and the day is 14. 3/14 or 3.14. Pi is actually a number that deals mostly with circles. Pi, 3.14, is the number you get if you divide a circle's circumference by it's diameter. I'm not exactly a mathematician but the previous statement is what the internet told me. Most importantly, Pi is an irrational number which means it never ever ends. While we use 3.14 as a rounded number, Pi actually continues for infinite digits. Here is what 50 digits worth of Pi looks like: